[85] A Productized Service in the Making w/ Will King
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English - July 15, 2020 10:00 - 104 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsCareers Business productize productized service consulting freelancing business startups entrepreneurship marketing sales Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hi ?, my name is Will King and I actually help write the show notes so I figured we could switch up the format for...
Hi ?, my name is Will King and I actually help write the show notes so I figured we could switch up the format for this episode! Brian and I discuss my very first business Fabled Labs, a business in progress for providing tools to self-published authors.
We start this episode by digging into how I got this gig and found a mentor in Brian by offering something that would be mutually beneficial for both of us. Then, Brian helps answer some of my questions and provides a good sanity check for the business plan and assumptions I have been making as I try and build a successful business. (8:43)
Also, Brian answered this question on YouTube, How to build a business with a day job?
He talks about some of the tradeoffs involved with still holding down the day job while kicking off a new business. (1:58)
Enjoy!
Key Takeaways
[19:53] – Just because you can build something does not mean it is a business.
[33:45] – A business is hard to predict down the road. Focus on your first stage and evolve with your business.
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Links
Will’s company, Fabled LabsWill on TwitterBrian’s YouTube video, How to build a business with a day job? (subscribe to know when new videos drop)Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) MicroConf talksProductized CommunityAudienceOps